South East Dealmakers Awards 2012 – shortlist revealed
The shortlist for Insider's South East Dealmakers Awards 2012 has been unveiled, with a raft of dealmakers, deals and advisory firms in the running for the prestigious prizes.
There are five contenders for the sought-after Dealmaker of the Year award: Rupert Rawcliffe from Grant Thornton; Russell Bell of ASB Law; Andrew Lock from PKF; Daniel Bastide of Thomas Eggar and Mike Norrie, Castle Corporate Finance.
There are six deals in contention for Deal of the Year, including the sales of Power Efficiency, Team 24, Digico and Pyroban. The MBO of Lymington Precision Engineering and MBI of Industrial Engineering Plastics are also in the running.
The winners will be announced at an awards dinner on 2 February at The Copthorne Hotel, Effingham Park. To find out more, click here.
The full shortlist of nominees is below:
Corporate Finance Advisory Team of the Year
Sponsored by GoIndustry DoveBid
Presenter: Finlo Corrin
Shortlisted:
PKF (UK) LLP
Grant Thornton
Corporate Law Firm of the Year
Sponsored by Search Consultancy
Presenter: Jenny Finch, associate director
Shortlisted:
Thomas Eggar
ASB Law
Corporate Bank of the Year
Sponsored by PKF (UK) LLP
Presenter: Andrew Lock, corporate finance partner
Shortlisted:
Barclays
HSBC
Lloyds
Royal Bank of Scotland
Santander
Asset Based Lender of the Year
Sponsored by WK Corporate Finance LLP
Presenter: Charles Baynes, director
Shortlisted:
GE Capital
Private Equity House of the Year
Sponsored by Close Invoice Finance
Presenter: Rob Harris, managing director south
Shortlisted:
Foresight
Matrix
Vine Street Capital
Octopus
Transaction Services Team of the Year
Sponsored by Bibby Financial Services
Presenter: David Arthur, specialist finance sales director
Shortlisted:
Grant Thornton
Baker Tilly
Corporate Finance Adviser of the Year
Sponsored by Rawlison Butler LLP
Presenter: Tim Sadka, partner and head of corporate team
Shortlisted:
Rupert Rawcliffe, Grant Thornton
Mike Norrie, Castle Corporate Finance
Andrew Lock, PKF (UK) LLP
Stewart Stepney, Grant Thornton
Matthew Katz, Roffe Swayne
Corporate Lawyer of the Year
Sponsored by Experian Corpfin
Presenter: Wendy Driver, business development manager
Shortlisted:
Dan Bastide, Thomas Eggar
Helen Mead, ASB Law
Jonathan Grant, DMH Stallard
Keith Syson, Stevens & Bolton LLP
Jonathan Porteus, Stevens & Bolton LLP
Tim Sadka, Rawlison Butler LLP
Corporate Banker of the Year
Sponsored by Grant Thornton
Presenter: Ellen Walsh, partner
Shortlisted:
Andy Tomkins, HSBC
Dawn Jacobs, Barclays
Graeme Alston, HSBC
Mark Edwards, Lloyds
Mathew Glentworth, RBS
Young Dealmaker of the Year
Sponsored: Leumi ABL
Presenter: Jonathan Hughes, regional sales director Thames Valley & South East
Shortlisted:
Matthew Katz, Roffe Swayne
Simon Woodcock, Grant Thornton
Craig Hewitt-Dutton, PKF (UK) LLP
Rebecca Kitchener, Stevens & Bolton LLP
Rishi Soni, KPMG
Deal of the Year
Sponsored by Centric Commercial Finance
Presenter: Andrew Rutherford, business development director
Shortlisted:
Power Efficiency sale to Balfour Beatty
Team 24 sale to Capita
Pyroban sale to Caterpillar
Digico sale by Matrix to ISIS
MBO of Lymington Precision Engineering
MBI of Industrial Engineering Plastics
Dealmaker of the Year
Sponsored by Stevens & Bolton LLP
Presenter: Keith Syson, head of corporate
Shortlisted:
Rupert Rawcliffe, Grant Thornton
Russell Bell, ASB Law
Andrew Lock, PKF
Daniel Bastide, Thomas Eggar
Mike Norrie, Castle Corporate Finance
An entrepreneur of the year award, sponsored by RSM Tenon and presented by Peter Vandervelde, corporate finance director, will also be announced on the night.
